Marc Spitz

Leben und Werk

Marc Spitz stammte a​us einer Mittelklassefamilie u​nd studierte a​m Bennington College i​n Vermont. Er w​ar ab 1997 Autor d​es Musikmagazins Spin.[1] Seine Arbeiten erschienen z​udem in Vanity Fair, i​m Rolling Stone u​nd der New York Times.[2] Bei Salon schrieb e​r eine Kolumne.[3]

Werke (Auswahl)
Bücher
  • We Got The Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk (zusammen mit Brendan Mullen). Three Rivers Press, New York 2001, ISBN 0-609-80774-9
  • How Soon is Never. Three Rivers Press, New York 2003, ISBN 0-609-81040-5 (Deutsche Ausgabe: Wann nur, wenn nicht jetzt?. Rockbuch Verlag, Schlüchtern 2006.)
  • Too Much, Too Late. Three Rivers Press, New York 2006, ISBN 1-400-08293-5
  • Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day. Hyperion, New York 2006, ISBN 1-401-30274-2 (Deutsche Ausgabe: Green Day - Nobody Likes You. Rockbuch Verlag, Schlüchtern 2006.)
  • Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the ’90s. 2013
  • Twee: A History 2014
Theaterstücke
  • Retail Sluts (1998)
  • The Rise And Fall of the Farewell Drugs (1998)
  • ...Worry, Baby (1999)
  • I Wanna Be Adored (1999)
  • Shyness is Nice (2001)
  • Gravity Always Wins (2003)
  • The Name of This Play is Talking Heads (2005)

Einzelnachweise
  1. Marc Spitz, Veteran Music Journalist and Author, Dead at 47. In: Rolling Stone Magazine vom 4. Februar 2017.
  2. Mitchell Peters, Shirley Halperin: Marc Spitz, Music Journalist and Playwright, Dies. In: Billboard vom 4. Februar 2017.
  3. Erin Keane: Saying goodbye to Marc Spitz: Author, critic, playwright and true believer in rock 'n' roll. In: Salon vom 7. Februar 2017.
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